Episode 6 was a rather hamfisted cheese with its reveals, but episode 7 got me disappointed. Instead of political intrigue it's back to the initial makjang bs about the squabble concerning money and inheritance 🙄, another story about a crazy chaebol family. Look at the closest relatives for a culprit, I guess, statistics don't lie.
Also, I'm disappointed that FL, who is so smart and who was able to notice and gather some dirt on her mother-in-law (though not the juciest one), hadn't noticed her husband living a very busy triple (!) life, getting medals in NK, working as a politican in SK and having a side bish with a kid. I mean, no man is that perfect at hiding things, he's like a super spy or smth, lol. Makes me think FL and her husband were estranged for a long time and didn't really care about each others lives. At least that would make her affair with ML just after her husband's death quite plausible.
The plot about the submarine also starts to make little sense. Why invent this elaborate bait and switch plan with lots of assumptions for FL, that could go in all sorts of wrong directions? They wanted her to expose the existence of the submarine, but they also wanted to kill her, but they also hired a bodyguard to protect her, and they also assumed that he would seduce her to discredit everything she said about the submarine, so that the submarine would be thought a myth. At some point the writer just got lost in his own sauce, I think. Also, if any rich b*tch with money was able to buy parts of the cutting edge military submarine and its schematics, and then build it somewhere, there'd be lots of them swimming around, threatening every nation on the planet. Irl those parts are not for sale to anybody outside of government contracts and even then there's lots of red tape and regulations. And every nation guards their military innovations as top secret.
I feel like people fake outrage about this drama just to have something to b*tch about, the fictional politics here are fictional, there's no need to take it seriously or personally. And it's pretty mild compared to some cheesy plots US media has and nobody's batting an eyelash about those. Sure, this drama's based on current irl political tensions and fear mongering, easily fed to gullible neurotic social media. But just relax and enjoy the show, will ya? It's fiction, nobody's trying to offend anybody with this, it even says so at the start of every episode. And the only provocation here is thought provocation. Look around what's going on around you, stop being buried in your own little world. You may not care about politics, but politics cares about you, whether you like it or not. And someday, because of some politician's ego, this sort of s*it may very well happen for real. I can very well understand the idea behind this drama. No sane person wants a war, SK people's fear about war with North Korea is understandable, they're living it every day. They sure as hell don't want it on their tiny peninsula, which will get blown up into smithereens by nukes, while the big guys behind the scenes are duking it out on their territory. And since they're not moderated by the "big brother" like some other countries, they're allowed their freedom of speech and expression to manifest in plots like these. If somebody doesn't like it, it's their problem, the drama was made for SK people in the first place. Overall, the only real controversy here is that the writer is pro-unification and came out rather snobbish and one sided about it, like it’s all up to SK and NK is just waiting with open arms to embrace capitalism, lol. Afaik, SK citizens currently are not in favor of this at all, as it will tank the economy and make everybody poorer for generations to come. But that doesn’t stop some of their pro-NK aligned politicians from trying, judging by their history.
Yea, it felt like there was something off about the husband and it wasn't related to politics. For a mistress, his bish is very shameless. Just like the rest of his awful family. But most of all the husband, he had a child with a mistress at the same time FL lost hers, meaning he was cheating on her for many years. FL should have divorced him ages ago. I'm not sure she even loved him anymore, or just stayed for the sake of his career. She's always looking cold and composed, it's hard to tell.
And also, maybe a nitpick, but most of the characters are so well spoken, super smart, calm and to the point in this drama it's taking out my immersion. It's like they've prepared their speeches before hand. Especially jarring are the awful family interactions. The writer should have made it messier to be more realistic.
People these days just look for something to be outraged about. I don't care whether it's Chinese bots, or real idiots with nothing better to do, but China's government been known to be unable to take a joke, or separate fiction from reality when it comes to other countries fictional representation of China. There are plenty of ridiculous examples. It's just 🤦♂️worthy, nothing interesting going on here. Also, are these shows even legal in China? If not, then who the f cares?
Just started this. I thought it was some sort of espionage action thriller, judging by the trailer, but in the first episode all I'm seeing the regular makjang bs about chaebol family squabbles over money. Is this actually gonna get good?
Man, Food Wars was so unique; honestly, I do not think any kdrama or anime will top it where culinary aspects…
It was basically food pron 🤣There's some of it here as well, when people eat food and get all sorts of whimsical CGI backgrounds while basically orgasming from its taste.
It's basically Food Wars, very similar vibes to anime. So much drama over food, lol. Food is the main character here, take it away and there's actually very little going on between ML and FL. Probably gonna bum rush it in the last 2 episodes. My favorite character here is the royal secretary, I liked that actor since Touch Your Heart. He's funny. Also, shout out to Jin Mu actor from AoS who's playing the honest Chinese master chef here, love that guy too. The most boring wastes of space are the dowager and her 3 cronies who are sitting in her room, getting outraged over every little thing. Same goes for the villainess, she's basically sitting and getting outraged over nothing - that's her role. Occasionally she tries some mild attempts to eliminate FL, but those are very timid compared to what bishes like her usually do in saeguks.
It was an okay watch. Honestly, I don’t understand all the hype around the second male lead. He never showed…
Wait, the second male lead is that Kim Hyeon guy? I thought it was that talkative guy who always hanged out with other girls, he got more screen time than that Kim guy. Kim guy's just a side character who was just there for FL to pine for in the beginning, could already see where this drama would go with him from the start. I guess there are fans of Kim guy's actor here. Personally, I saw that face and immediately remembered him playing a nasty bully in Study Group and bully's side kick in Brave Citizen, now this actor is ruined for me, lol, he's got a bully face.
It’s interesting and technically not bad but it’s really bothering me who the ml is. They’re making him…
Yea, I've read about that king, he was a real piece of work. Not sure rewriting some history would work here, they'd need to start from scratch with that character, lol.
Also, it's all very similar to Mr. Queen, the king there was conisdered a weakling fool of a king in real history books, but in the drama they showed he was simply pretending. And there was also some history rewriting due to Mr. Queen's actions.
I'm not sure though that showing ML is actually all white and fluffy, just misunderstood is gonna fly here. They probably won't show his worst atrocities, or reframe them in a different, more sympathetic light.
i want some honest opinions... so is it really nearly as good as Moon lovers or mr Queen or It's just another…
I'm getting Mr. Queen vibes. FL is also a professional cook, the story's gonna revolve around lots of cooking for the king. ML is viewed as a bad king in history books, which FL probably somehow gonna rewrite through her actions. The only similar thing to Moon Lovers is the method of FL's transportation to the past, but even that is not identical - FL is transported into the past as herself, with modern clothes, mobile phone, et al.
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Also, I'm disappointed that FL, who is so smart and who was able to notice and gather some dirt on her mother-in-law (though not the juciest one), hadn't noticed her husband living a very busy triple (!) life, getting medals in NK, working as a politican in SK and having a side bish with a kid. I mean, no man is that perfect at hiding things, he's like a super spy or smth, lol. Makes me think FL and her husband were estranged for a long time and didn't really care about each others lives. At least that would make her affair with ML just after her husband's death quite plausible.
The plot about the submarine also starts to make little sense. Why invent this elaborate bait and switch plan with lots of assumptions for FL, that could go in all sorts of wrong directions? They wanted her to expose the existence of the submarine, but they also wanted to kill her, but they also hired a bodyguard to protect her, and they also assumed that he would seduce her to discredit everything she said about the submarine, so that the submarine would be thought a myth. At some point the writer just got lost in his own sauce, I think.
Also, if any rich b*tch with money was able to buy parts of the cutting edge military submarine and its schematics, and then build it somewhere, there'd be lots of them swimming around, threatening every nation on the planet. Irl those parts are not for sale to anybody outside of government contracts and even then there's lots of red tape and regulations. And every nation guards their military innovations as top secret.
And the only provocation here is thought provocation. Look around what's going on around you, stop being buried in your own little world. You may not care about politics, but politics cares about you, whether you like it or not. And someday, because of some politician's ego, this sort of s*it may very well happen for real.
I can very well understand the idea behind this drama. No sane person wants a war, SK people's fear about war with North Korea is understandable, they're living it every day. They sure as hell don't want it on their tiny peninsula, which will get blown up into smithereens by nukes, while the big guys behind the scenes are duking it out on their territory. And since they're not moderated by the "big brother" like some other countries, they're allowed their freedom of speech and expression to manifest in plots like these. If somebody doesn't like it, it's their problem, the drama was made for SK people in the first place.
Overall, the only real controversy here is that the writer is pro-unification and came out rather snobbish and one sided about it, like it’s all up to SK and NK is just waiting with open arms to embrace capitalism, lol. Afaik, SK citizens currently are not in favor of this at all, as it will tank the economy and make everybody poorer for generations to come. But that doesn’t stop some of their pro-NK aligned politicians from trying, judging by their history.
And also, maybe a nitpick, but most of the characters are so well spoken, super smart, calm and to the point in this drama it's taking out my immersion. It's like they've prepared their speeches before hand. Especially jarring are the awful family interactions. The writer should have made it messier to be more realistic.
Also, are these shows even legal in China? If not, then who the f cares?
My favorite character here is the royal secretary, I liked that actor since Touch Your Heart. He's funny. Also, shout out to Jin Mu actor from AoS who's playing the honest Chinese master chef here, love that guy too.
The most boring wastes of space are the dowager and her 3 cronies who are sitting in her room, getting outraged over every little thing. Same goes for the villainess, she's basically sitting and getting outraged over nothing - that's her role. Occasionally she tries some mild attempts to eliminate FL, but those are very timid compared to what bishes like her usually do in saeguks.
I guess there are fans of Kim guy's actor here. Personally, I saw that face and immediately remembered him playing a nasty bully in Study Group and bully's side kick in Brave Citizen, now this actor is ruined for me, lol, he's got a bully face.
Also, it's all very similar to Mr. Queen, the king there was conisdered a weakling fool of a king in real history books, but in the drama they showed he was simply pretending. And there was also some history rewriting due to Mr. Queen's actions.
I'm not sure though that showing ML is actually all white and fluffy, just misunderstood is gonna fly here. They probably won't show his worst atrocities, or reframe them in a different, more sympathetic light.
The only similar thing to Moon Lovers is the method of FL's transportation to the past, but even that is not identical - FL is transported into the past as herself, with modern clothes, mobile phone, et al.